Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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